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Blawn Wash Iron Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042323
MRDS ID M058914
Record type Site
Current site name Blawn Wash Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.55164, 38.26996 (WGS84)
Elevation 2161
Relative position 8,500 FEET S 64 E FROM LAMERDORF PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamerdorf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 015W 20 SE OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Sevy Dolomite;Lower Part Of Simonson Dolomite
    Rock description Sevy Dolomite;Lower Part Of Simonson Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.55164, 38.26996
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 52 E Striking Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 52 E Striking Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • SIMONSON DOLOMITE LIES TO THE SE OF THE NE STRIKING FAULT AND THE SEVY DOLOMITE TO THE NORTHWEST. BULLOCK IDENTIFIED THE BEST ROCKS AS THE FISH HAVEN-LAKETOWN DOLOMITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blawn Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED SHORT TONS WERE SHIPPED IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BULLOCK, K.C., 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT (50 FEET DEEP), A DRIFT, AND A STOPE. STOPE HAS CAVED TO THE SURFACE FORMING A GLORY HOLE ABOUT 30 FEET IN DIAMATER AND 35 FEET DEEP. A 20-FOOT SHAFT WAS SUNK SOUTHEAST OF THE IRON MINE IN SEARCH OF URANIUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A FISSURE-FILLING AND A BEDDED REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT. ORE IS GOETHITE AND LIMONTE GOSSAN. REPLACEMENT MINERALIZATION MEASURES 10 FEET LONG AND 5 FEET WIDE, FORMING A POD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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